After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...
An Australian man in his forties has become the first person in the world to leave hospital with an artificial heart made of ...
Pigs have been chosen as an ideal species for xenotransplantation due to their physiological similarities to humans and their ...
Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans.
An Alabama woman passed a major milestone on Jan. 25 to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting.
Tim Andrews is recovering well after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Massachusetts General Hospital is ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first-ever clinical trial of the transplantation of a nonhuman animal organ—a genetically modified pig kidney—into living human ...
Sharon Klarman: The rising cost of organ acquisition is one of the most pressing financial challenges facing the field of transplant today. It is driven by a combination of national policy changes, ...